FOR THE RECORD

A Centennial
Love
Stor

GEORGE EISEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

Clockwise from left:

Alfred Hajos won two gold medals
for Hungary in swimming in the
first of the modern Olympics in
Athens.

Tough guy: Sam Berger, left, won
the Olympic crown in St. Louis in
1904.

PHOTOS COU RTESY OF GEORGE EISE N

Fencing champs: This Hungarian
Olympic team included Jewish
fencers Attila Petschauer, second
from left, and Endre Kabos, third
from right.

Jewish athletes,
past and present,
have a strong
history of
competition
filled with tragedy
and triumph.